Departing EPA Toxics Chief Highlights 'Transformative' TSCA Challenges

EPA's departing toxics chief Jim Jones says the overhauled Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) is proving to be a "transformative" law that is creating several large challenges for the agency, in particular how it develops confidential business information (CBI) policies under the law and how it will review the safety of new chemicals. Still, Jones -- head of EPA's Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) -- told Inside EPA in an exclusive Dec. 22 exit interview that...